In an election contested by two parties, Party D secured 12% of the total votes more than Party R. If party R got 132,000 votes, by how many votes did it lose the election?

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Ricardo A.
May 18, 2016

#36000#

Explanation:

First let's calculate what percentage of votes each party got. if D got 12% more than R, it means that if I subtract 12% of votes from D they both would have the same amount of votes so:
#D-12=R#
#D=R+12%#
#D+R=100%#
#(R+12%)+R=100%#
#2R+12%=100%#
#2R=88%#
#R=44%#
#D=44%+12%=56%#

So 132000 votes is 44% and we need to know how much is 12%. One of the ways we can do this is dividing 132000 by 44 so we know what 1% is and then multiply that by 12. That gives us:

#132000/44=3000#
#3000*12=36000#

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